Post by Jetty Gemini on Feb 20, 2020 23:01:56 GMT -4
"And that's the difference between a solid and liquid propulsion system! Any questions? How about you? Bwuh, don't eat any boooks!"
Just as much as Jetty enjoyed teaching herself about space, she enjoyed passing that knowledge on to others. Since adults didn't tend to put much stock into what a thirteen-year-old had to say about rocket-science, she ended up teaching even younger kids instead... for a certain extent of teaching. She considered it a miracle if the whole group sat through the lecture without getting up to wander around or look at comics. The space-enthusiast had some success today, only to find her enthusiasm curbed at the last moment, when the kids decided that the topic was really something they could sink their teeth into. "Boooo! It's never too early to learn about rocket ships! I stand by that philosophy!" she ranted at a bookstore attendant, who was giggling at her efforts.
Amazin Books was a great bookstore for readers of all ages, but especially nice for Jetty, since the employees had all given her an agreement that they'd let her read all of the research material (and science fiction) she liked, as long as she stopped trying to sneak out books in her space-suit. Speaking of which, she did indeed look a bit like some sort of store mascot, dressed in a frumpy orange space-suit, with silver mini-planets bobbing excitedly from her head on antennae and her odd, alien-like face. "Thwap!" she exclaimed, shutting tight the thick manual she'd been using as a teaching aid. "I think it's time to put this one back up and crack open a book about teaching kindergardeners instead."
With a walk something like a waddle, she moved to place the book back upon the reference shelf, then headed towards the teaching materials. On the way there, she passed by the student section. She'd been here enough times to know there was one spot that was always worth watching: the desk right next to the materials people used for quirk studies. Anybody who looked at those kinds of books was worth getting to know. Some were aspiring researchers, others aspiring heroes, or sometimes, just people with neat quirks! She hadn't found anybody else studying them to try to effectively draw the link between quirks and alien DNA... yet, but she was going to keep on trying!
Jetty grabbed one of her favorite books- a publication by her father, George Gemini, entitled "Space on Earth"- and approached with a mischievous smile on her face. She held the book behind her back until she got close, then plopped it onto the table next to the studying child with a noisy "KACHA!" Wearing a big grin that showed one missing tooth, she began to lift herself up onto the annoyingly tall chair next to him. "Thought you might want some related materials to study up on, buddy!" she began her yellow dot eyes widening as if she was jonesing to tell him how aliens and quirks were related. Her grin lingered, just begging him to ask the question.
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WC 515
Just as much as Jetty enjoyed teaching herself about space, she enjoyed passing that knowledge on to others. Since adults didn't tend to put much stock into what a thirteen-year-old had to say about rocket-science, she ended up teaching even younger kids instead... for a certain extent of teaching. She considered it a miracle if the whole group sat through the lecture without getting up to wander around or look at comics. The space-enthusiast had some success today, only to find her enthusiasm curbed at the last moment, when the kids decided that the topic was really something they could sink their teeth into. "Boooo! It's never too early to learn about rocket ships! I stand by that philosophy!" she ranted at a bookstore attendant, who was giggling at her efforts.
Amazin Books was a great bookstore for readers of all ages, but especially nice for Jetty, since the employees had all given her an agreement that they'd let her read all of the research material (and science fiction) she liked, as long as she stopped trying to sneak out books in her space-suit. Speaking of which, she did indeed look a bit like some sort of store mascot, dressed in a frumpy orange space-suit, with silver mini-planets bobbing excitedly from her head on antennae and her odd, alien-like face. "Thwap!" she exclaimed, shutting tight the thick manual she'd been using as a teaching aid. "I think it's time to put this one back up and crack open a book about teaching kindergardeners instead."
With a walk something like a waddle, she moved to place the book back upon the reference shelf, then headed towards the teaching materials. On the way there, she passed by the student section. She'd been here enough times to know there was one spot that was always worth watching: the desk right next to the materials people used for quirk studies. Anybody who looked at those kinds of books was worth getting to know. Some were aspiring researchers, others aspiring heroes, or sometimes, just people with neat quirks! She hadn't found anybody else studying them to try to effectively draw the link between quirks and alien DNA... yet, but she was going to keep on trying!
Jetty grabbed one of her favorite books- a publication by her father, George Gemini, entitled "Space on Earth"- and approached with a mischievous smile on her face. She held the book behind her back until she got close, then plopped it onto the table next to the studying child with a noisy "KACHA!" Wearing a big grin that showed one missing tooth, she began to lift herself up onto the annoyingly tall chair next to him. "Thought you might want some related materials to study up on, buddy!" she began her yellow dot eyes widening as if she was jonesing to tell him how aliens and quirks were related. Her grin lingered, just begging him to ask the question.
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WC 515
